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Come Play Marvel vs. Capcom 2 With Us This Friday

It'll be like that Age of Booty thing, only this time you're invited!


Come out and meet Zangief! Or, at least, play as or against him in a fighting game! 
Come out and meet Zangief! Or, at least, play as or against him in a fighting game! 
[UPDATE] Hey, since the Evo fighting game tournament is this weekend, the Bay Area's supply of available fight sticks has dropped to somewhere near zero. If you're particular about how you play, you may want to bring your own Xbox 360-compatible joystick. Additionally, we'll have a Street Fighter IV set up, as well as Spyborgs! That's two unreleased games for the price of none! See you tonight! 
 
It is officially party time. Or, well, it will be tomorrow (edit: tonight!). Call it a little something we're doing to commemorate the upcoming one-year anniversary of Giant Bomb's launch. Or call it a slightly late celebration in honor of the ten-month anniversary of the time we got together with some dudes at Capcom and drank a lot while playing Age of Booty. But either way, we've got an unreleased game, we're bringing our cameras, and this time? You're invited.

We'll be playing Marvel vs. Capcom 2, which in case you don't remember, is coming to Xbox Live Arcade at the end of this month. Here are the details on where we'll be playing:

Mandala Lounge
38 E. 25th Ave
San Mateo, CA  94403
(here's a Google Maps link)

Date: Friday, July 17
Time: 5:30PM - ?????

We'll be bringing a few of our Giant Bomb T-shirts to serve as prizes in our not-quite-a-tournament. Oh, and there will be a couple of drink specials, too. Draft beers will be $3/$4, and if you order a "Giant Jager Bomb," you'll get it for $5. This is the part where I should tell you to drink responsibly, but as there's really nothing even remotely close to responsible about Jagermeister in any form, I feel a little silly doing so. So instead just remember that, as Mandala is a bar, you'll need to be at least 21 to get in.

So come out and join us! Be a part of the magic! Make your way into a video that will live on Giant Bomb for all of eternity! Meet Vinny Caravella! Have a drink (or possibly two drinks)! Partake in a drunk dial to Chicago's favorite son, John Vignocchi! Watch this video for more details!
 
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Hey umm, Did this already happen? Is this the same as this? http://www.giantbomb.com/giant-bomb-one-year-anniversary-spectacular/17-1077/  If it is Then i'd like to have all my questions answered and i'd like to know what is the game that they're mentioning up there? Also is this every year? Please Email me At My Email dar111191@gmail.com and let me know Everything alright?

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@smokmnky: LOL, Awesome! Ryan is like a cute and cuddly teddy bear!
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@DiGiTaL_SiN: I put up a terrible iPhone video of Ryan dancing. Its really dark though and you can't really tell what's going on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9phpoUvWOcE
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God.... Brad looks baked

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O Brad... XD

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lol how did i miss the age of booty the first time round

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Next time one of these happens it needs to be announced with a little more fanfare. I totally missed it.

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@DiGiTaL_SiN said:
" I can't believe only 1 guy posted like 5 pics, no one shot any videos? I expected a video like the "underground footage" from the GiantBomb iPhone app commercial, only fo realz. "
Vinny shot a bunch of footage that I'm sure he's furiously editing together.

I have some pics, but I want to make sure it's okay with the Giant Bomb crew before I post 'em.

EDIT: Added 'em here.
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you guys need to come to DC sometime... and not do your event in a bar, so i can actually get inside. i guess that's what we have this week's QotW for, but i'll probably be too busy to put a video together.

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I can't believe only 1 guy posted like 5 pics, no one shot any videos? I expected a video like the "underground footage" from the GiantBomb iPhone app commercial, only fo realz.

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Its a pity i live a straight 8400km away from there.  THE POWER OF THE INTERNET

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If I didn't live in Norway but San Fransisco I would totally come... Bah :<

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@Rhaknar said:
" is there not going to be some video of the evening? "
Dude, there better be...
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No photos of Ryan lying on his back means this wasn't a real party. ;)

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I would have loved to joined you guys but alas, I live on the east coast.

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@Rhaknar said:
" is there not going to be some video of the evening? "
Yeah, since its the weekend don't expect anything till at least monday or tuesday.
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Makes me wish I had taken a trip to Cali.  =  /  Oh well.  It should be happening sometime this fall!!!  GET READY FOR AN INVASION, GIANT BOMB!!!

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is there not going to be some video of the evening?

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@TheBooya said:
" So cool meeting everyone!!! Luke, Zach, and so many others - the tournament was great! Hopefully you all had fun winning all kinds of swaggy whatnot!The sangwich at the diner afterwards left alot to me desired... uggggh ugggh ugh ugh "
Yeah dude, we should have just stuck to the original plan and got pies.
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Here's some of the good times. It was a blast. I'm one of the random guys in the photos and Agent072 is the other.

Thanks again, Giantbomb crew! You must have more of these events!


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Awesome time guys, thanks for setting everything up. The Capcom guys were super chill, I had a lot of fun hanging out with you all. Thanks also to the Giant Bomb guys, I got a ton of schwag at the end which was awesome.

@Ryan You totally made my night, cracking me up at the end. Yes I will "shush"

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I just wanted to express my disappointment once again. If I wasn't in school, I probably  would've bought a plane ticket and went.

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@TheBooya: Nice meeting you too Adam and all your boys @ Capcom, like Marc/Mark and everyone else!  Also, thank you very much for my prize, I will freaking play the crap out of it (as soon as I finish beta testing League of Legends this weekend)!!!  Lastly, thank you guys for bringing along Spyborgs as an added bonus... the game was really fun and a perfect game for drunkards :p 

It was really nice finally meeting you Ryan, Jeff, Drew, and Dave insead of just randomly seeing ya around town.  Nice talkin'-at-cha again, Vinny!  Thank you for everything Jeff!  I love my shirt! :D 

...and to Ryan... I can't quite remember if you told me what the Never T-Shirt was going to be or not.  I think you did, but we were both hella drunk and I couldn't quite track what I now think was incoherent conversion.  O-well, I'm sure regardless, the shirt's gunna be great!!! 

Anyway, good luck to you Capcom, with Marvel vs. Capcom 2!  I'll be getting my copy on XBLA as soon as it's released, so I can learn not to suck :p 

Happy 1 year birthday Giant Bomb!  (in like 3 or 4 days) 
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So cool meeting everyone!!! Luke, Zach, and so many others - the tournament was great! Hopefully you all had fun winning all kinds of swaggy whatnot!

The sangwich at the diner afterwards left alot to me desired... uggggh ugggh ugh ugh

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I always love an excuse to watch that 'Age of Booty' video again.

I can't wait for the epic video from this event.

And see if you can get Brad drunk again. He has the funniest drunk face ever.

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Also just back from the event... it was KICK ASS! The GB guys were awesome -- way nicer than I expected, actually.  If they do this again and there's ANY way to attend... GO! It is the best use of an evening that I can think of.

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Just back from it. All the Giant Bomb and Capcom folks were wonderful hosts.

What wasn't wonderful? Me playing Marvel vs. Capcom 2. Man oh man did I ever stink it up.

Thanks guys. Great time.

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Gawd...Capt`n Morgan  (puke)

Happy hangover! Your liver luvs ya..

May Weed become legal soon....

And hey you can still  even see the game,.., mabe better!

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Thanks to GB and Capcom for putting this together.  It was fun.

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Too much fun. I had a blast playing and watching. I even won a prize (which is terrifying since I am awful at these games). Thanks so much for having me guys, I had a blast!

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too busy being drunk where i live.

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If only I was two years older and lived on the other side of the planet...

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Wish I could go :(

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I hope a bunch of A Grade terrorists come in and ruin all y'all fun :(

(EDIT: did not notice the last two posts all had frowny faces...oh well, going for the trifecta)

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Yeesh, all the cool stuff happens in California :(

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pennsylvania is kinda far from san fran :(

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I wonder how many people will show up there. I for one, can't, because I live in Belgium. I love GB, but paying for a ticket to the States just for this is a bit overkill to me. >_>

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If i lived nearby and was over 21 i would so be there.

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is this going to be televised live? would be fun to watch the fights.

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damn its only an hour and a half drive for me would have done it except for the part that I wont be 21 for another month.

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I am so excited to meet Vinny Caravella! I heard that he's a kewl dewd.

Also excited to see everyone else. I hear that Jeff Gerstmann may be trying to avoid drinking due to some sort of parole hearing or John Vignocchi-esque heart murmur?

Please speak to this point, Captain Jeff. Say it ain't so, say you won't let the fans down and will besmirch your liver...

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@VoshiNova said:
" Man I could totally drive up there, I live in San Diego.There is no worse time to be eighteen. "
I am in the same boat as you, except I am 20. Damn.
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@hyperslug said:
" Sweet! just too bad i live in Denmark :) "
what he said...
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Sweet! just too bad i live in Denmark :)

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Man I could totally drive up there, I live in San Diego.

There is no worse time to be eighteen.

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i live like 20 min away from there...I'm only 20...

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@RagingLion said:
" @angelkanarias said:
" the U.S. is crazy. they let you drive being 16 but you have to be 21 to drink. "
QFT. "
And join the military at 18, 17 with parental permission.
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5 minutes from work you say? Drink specials you say? I'm so down. Sometimes living in the Bay Area pays off

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wish i was 21, and not an alcoholic

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I would love to get smashed and play some MvC2. I would think I would be awesome at it (or at least the liquor would make it feel that way).

You just know that there's going to be that one guy who shows up and takes the whole thing WAY too seriously though. Probably a non-drinker. I hate that guy already. *Boooooo* That guy.

Have tons 'o fun everybody.